Sustainability and Renters' Rights Committee — Minutes 2023-07-21
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The Sustainability and Renters' Rights Committee met on July 21, 2023, at 9:34 a.m. with five members present, presided over by Councilmember Kshama Sawant. The committee reviewed Council Bill 120606, an ordinance establishing rent control provisions, creating a Rent Control Commission and District Rent Control Boards, and regulating residential rent increases in the Seattle Municipal Code. The committee voted 3–2 against recommending passage, with Sawant and Morales voting in favor and Nelson, Juarez, and Lewis voting opposed. The meeting also included discussion of Information Item 2295 regarding a Rent Control Community Panel and concluded at 12:38 p.m.
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